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HEDGE SPARROW. 



unlike the House Sparrow, has some lively and merry 

 notes, which are not at all unpleasing, but it is not 

 often heard in the winter time. Its favourite haunts 

 are the bushes and shrubs, and it is rarely seen at 

 any height. They generally fly about in couples, and 

 do not herd together like the House Sparrows. In 

 the winter they will approach close to the houses and 

 pick up the crumbs with the Robins and other birds. 



HEDGE SPARROW. 



The food of the Hedge Sparrow consists chiefly of 

 seeds ; it also consumes a large amount of insects 

 and worms. It is scarcely necessary to describe its 

 appearance, for we must all be able to recognise it ; 

 the prevailing colours are reddish brown on the upper 

 parts, dark brown on the wings, and slate grey under- 

 neath, shading off to a lighter grey lower down. 



